Senior Malware Reverse Engineer & Incident Response Lead

Embedded Shishya; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a senior Malware Reverse Engineer to lead technical analyses and develop robust detection content. You will reverse engineer complex samples across Windows and Linux, unpack obfuscated binaries, and translate findings into actionable detections for security operations.

Travel up to 100% may be required based on client needs. The role emphasizes mentoring, technical review of outputs, and collaboration with incident response teams to accelerate containment and remediation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of malware reverse engineering or related cyber technical analysis roles.
• 8+ years of static and dynamic malware analysis on Windows and Linux.
• 6+ years with reverse engineering tools: IDA Pro, Ghidra; 3+ years with x64dbg/Binary Ninja.
• 4+ years analyzing packed/obfuscated malware and bypassing anti-analysis techniques.
• 4+ years assembling low-level code (assembly) and 5+ years crafting tooling in C/C++ or Python.

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineer complex malware to uncover behavior, infrastructure, and tradecraft.
• Translate findings into high-fidelity detections for SOC and IR teams.
• Support incident response during critical events and provide QA over analyses.
• Mentor senior analysts and raise engineering depth across the team.
• Deliver concise risk-based communications to leadership during escalations.

Skills

Malware reverse engineering

Static analysis

Dynamic analysis

IDA Pro

Ghidra

x64dbg

Binary Ninja

C/C++ tooling

Python

Threat intel

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

x64dbg

Binary Ninja

Job description

Accenture is seeking a senior Malware Reverse Engineer to lead technical analyses and develop robust detection content. You will reverse engineer complex samples across Windows and Linux, unpack obfuscated binaries, and translate findings into actionable detections for security operations.

Travel up to 100% may be required based on client needs. The role emphasizes mentoring, technical review of outputs, and collaboration with incident response teams to accelerate containment and remediation.